Posted by Mewness on June 01, 1998 at 00:15:32:
To me, the most terrible of all enemies were the Dirdir. Vance explodes with vigour and extreme suspense in this book. "Dirdir! They hunt!" cried Traz. They hunt men, thats what they do, for sport and for food. I suppose its a primal fear of man-eaters that Vance pulls out of the reader.
I still shudder thinking about when Reith, Anacho and Traz Onmale fled from the Dirdir hunting party...their desperation, haste and fear was palpable.